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...irony of the peso's misfortune is that it happened to a country that up until a year ago gave all the signs of being on a durable winning streak. Mexico has steadily climbed out of the debris of the debt crisis of the early 1980s, when a dip in the price of oil, its most valuable export, left the nation unable to pay its bills. For years afterward Mexico was a dirty word to foreign investors, who left it to starve for development capital. Rebuilding credibility required a long stretch of austerity and the sale of inefficient state operations...
Food, decorations and themes are still being decided. For some houses, however, like the Quad dance at the Wang Center, decorations will be unnecessary. All the formals will offer food, with varying degrees of emphasis. Mather will probably have chips and dip. At the other extreme, Kirkland House will offer the traditional house-only dinner followed by a dessert reception, according to house committee members...
...interview Monday, Healy said he is determined not to dip into the city's $15 million savings...
...year-old girl watched in horror as a 46-year-old man was swept into a rain-gorged gully. In Grimes County, three children drowned when currents washed the car in which they were riding off the road. In Hardin County, a construction worker who decided to take a dip in the floodwaters was swept away and lost. In San Jacinto County, the body of a rancher was discovered among his herd of drowned cattle...
...exuberant performance as Nicky, a slick and spangled nightclub owner. Nicky sports Dean hair and the ivories with the flamboyance of Liberace; he's funny to us, but a heart-breaker to the trio from yesteryear. There's a great scene where Fanny (Esme Howard), loosened up after a dip in a jacuzzi, abandons her corsets for a slinky cocktail gown and trips the light fantastic in Nicky's arms, to the tune of "Sophisticated Lady...